Answer the questions below.

• How often do you need to speak English at work?
• Is it easier for you to talk to native speakers or learners of English?
• What is the advantage of using idioms?

Try to answer the questions below on the grounds of the video above.

• ⌚ 0:11 Where does Emma believe are English idioms used most often?
• ⌚ 0:21 How important is it to be able to use idiom when we communicate in English?
• ⌚ 0:33 What are some of the benefits of knowing and using idioms?

Try to answer the questions below on the grounds of the video above.

• ⌚ 1:24 What does it mean to ‘get your foot in the door‘?
• ⌚ 1:54 What are some of the ways we can get our foot in the door of a company we really want to work for?
• ⌚ 2:26 What does it mean to ‘show someone the ropes‘?
• ⌚ 2:47 What does the idiom ‘thrown in the deep end‘ mean?
• ⌚ 3:03 How was Emma thrown in the deep end on her first teaching job?
• ⌚ 3:49 When do we use the expressions ‘a steep learning curve‘?

Try to answer the questions below on the grounds of the video above.

• ⌚ 5:23 What does it mean to do something ‘by the book‘?
• ⌚ 5:50 How is ‘to cut corners‘ different from ‘by the book‘?
• ⌚ 6:15 What situation does the idiom ‘have one’s work cut out‘ describe?
• ⌚ 6:43 What does it mean to ‘make light/short work (of something)’?
• ⌚ 7:10 Can we use this idiom outside of the work context? How?

Try to answer the questions below on the grounds of the video above.

• ⌚ 8:00 What happens when we ‘touch base‘ with someone?
• ⌚ 8:28 What does it mean to ‘cut to the chase‘?
• ⌚ 9:02 Why do we need to be careful when we are using this idiom?
• ⌚ 9:54 What does it mean ‘to bite your tongue‘?

Try to answer the questions below on the grounds of the video above.

• ⌚ 10:21 What does it mean to ‘rock the boat‘?
• ⌚ 11:26 When can we use the idiom ‘to put out fires‘?
• ⌚ 12:10 What happens when someone ‘is in hot water‘?
• ⌚ 12:28 When is the right time to use the idiom ‘let’s call it a day‘?

Play this Multidecker flashcard game.

Write your own examples with the idioms you learnt in this lesson.